I sometimes wonder how any of us can believe we are the purveyors of God’s truth. Who among us truly knows the full mind of God? How can we presume that our understanding is complete enough to speak for Him?
Perhaps there are times when love needs no words, and its greatest orator requires no pulpit.
Throughout Scripture, God repeatedly chose people whom the world would have considered unqualified. Moses protested that he was slow of speech. Jeremiah believed he was too young. David was an overlooked shepherd. Rahab was a prostitute. Peter was impulsive and often fearful. Paul had once persecuted the very Church he would later dedicate his life to building. If we were choosing God’s messengers, many of these names would never have made our list.
Yet God has never been limited by human qualifications.
When Moses pleaded that he was slow of speech, the Lord answered him, “Who has made man’s mouth?… Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak” (Exodus 4:11-12). The message would be heard—not because of Moses’ eloquence, but because it belonged to God.
Paul’s story may be even more astonishing. Once a persecutor of Christians, he seemed the least likely candidate to proclaim Christ. Yet God’s grace transformed the greatest enemy of the early Church into one of its greatest apostles. What people saw as disqualifying, God used for His glory.
Recently, I learned of a sister in recovery who was found unconscious from an overdose in a public restroom. Despite every effort, she was eventually removed from life support and entered her earthly death. Those who knew her—those who loved her, prayed for her, sponsored her, and walked beside her—were left heartbroken.
As I reflected on her life, another thought came to me.
Those who loved her were devastated. Her sponsor, her friends in recovery, and those who had prayed with her and walked beside her couldn't help but wonder if their words had mattered. Had all the encouragement, the meetings, the phone calls, the prayers, and the countless acts of love been for nothing?
I don't believe they were.
The love that was poured into her was not wasted.
Every prayer, every embrace, every encouraging word, every act of compassion was heard—not only by her, but by God. Even when we cannot see what those moments accomplished, love never falls on deaf ears. We often measure success by visible outcomes, but God measures faithfulness differently.
Jesus taught us that every act of love reaches Him personally. “For I was hungry and you gave Me food, I was thirsty and you gave Me drink… Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of Mine, you did for Me” (Matthew 25:35, 40). Every kindness offered in His name echoes into eternity.
There are tragedies in this life that the human mind simply cannot explain. We ask why. We wonder what purpose could possibly exist in such pain. Some answers remain hidden this side of eternity.
But love is never lost.
The Apostle John tells us, “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God… because God is love” (1 John 4:7-8). Love is not merely something God asks us to do; it is His very nature. Every genuine act of love reflects His presence in the world.
Love outlives every conversation. It survives every disappointment. It reaches beyond the limits of this life and touches eternity itself. What is given in genuine love becomes part of a soul’s journey toward God.
So never believe you are unqualified to share Him.
You may never preach from a pulpit. You may never teach a Bible study. You may never have the perfect words.
But every one of us is qualified to preach the one sermon that requires no eloquence at all—the sermon of love.
The person who receives your compassion may forget your words. They may not remember your advice. They may never fully understand the sacrifice you made on their behalf. But they will remember that someone loved them. And that love is never unheard.
The ears of God always hear what the lips of love have spoken—even when no words were ever said.
Love itself is a sermon, and every believer is qualified to preach it.
